Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 73 · Decided 23 January 2007
P.V. George and ORS. v. State of Kerala and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 73 · [2007] 1 S.C.R. 1198
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 322/2007
- Decided
- 23 January 2007
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 141
Headnote
Constitution of India-Article 141-Ful/ Bench of High Court overruling one decision and upholding another decision of Division Bench-State ordering reversion of employees in view of changed law by C Full Bench-Applicability of doctrine of prospective overruling in service matters-Held, doctrine is to the overruled decision and the applicability of the doctrine was not stated by Full Bench-Hence, the law laid down by Full Bench will have retrospective effect. D Appellant-employees belonged to State Press Subordinate Services. The State issued a Government Order amending the Service Rules
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